July 4, 2023

Freckle Tattoos Are Making Their Mark on TikTok

You get a freckle tattoo, you get a freckle tattoo. Everybody gets a freckle tattoo! On a recent June morning in Brooklyn, Chloe Sarre nearly drifted […]
October 25, 2021

Inside the Thai Temple Where Tattoos Come to Life

The sky was streaked with purple when I boarded the early-morning train from Bangkok to the Nakhon Chai Si District in central Thailand. For the entire […]
December 10, 2020

The Work Diary of Mira Mariah, Tattoo and ‘Girl Culture’ Expert

Mira MariahCredit…Jonas Gustavsson for The New York Times Skip to contentSkip to site index like a boss The Work Diary of Mira Mariah, Tattoo and ‘Girl […]
July 23, 2020

Getting Your Hair, Nails and Tattoos Done at Home

In the middle of May, Ashley Barton sipped a mimosa in her best friend’s apartment in Whitestone, Queens, while she enjoyed her first professional manicure and […]
May 15, 2020

Stick and Poke Tattoos for the Quarantined

Shaved heads, dyed hair, billowing beards: Many are using their newly found free time to alter their appearances. For some, those changes may be permanent. Stick-and-poke […]
December 3, 2016

Putting His Mark on the World

By his calculation, Jonathan Valena, a tattoo artist who goes by the name JonBoy, has given more than 20,000 permanent souvenirs. The one that changed his […]
November 14, 2016

Tattoo and Graffiti Artists Add Their Flair to Watches

For Cyril Phan, the French graffiti artist known professionally as Kongo, a recent project posed a less predictable obstacle than, say, staying dry while painting on […]